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To: cheryl williamson who wrote (32800)	11/7/1999 9:40:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

cheryl williamson: INTC would think otherwise. Today the O/S tomorrow the applications will be public domain. Do I see a hammer and sickle waving above your head. And while all these things are to be given away domestically perhaps this administration would encourage us to pay third world countries to use them; after all we are considering forgiving them their debt. JFD

To: cheryl williamson who wrote (32800)	11/7/1999 9:56:00 PM
From: Duane L. Olson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Cheryl, I made the mistake of reading John's reply, so I was bewildered as to your proposal. Were you thinking about treating Operating Systems somewhat like we do other legal monopolies in this country -- Copyrights, patents, etc? Would you have some minimal period of time where the developer would have a protected right, in order to encourage people to develop the software, and recover their investment? Something along the lines you suggest might just work, if the rules could be established --and the the possibility of Gov regulation minimized. tso

To: cheryl williamson who wrote (32800)	11/7/1999 10:04:00 PM
From: ed	Respond to of 74651

Since all the PC hardware is in the public domain ------> so all the OS for PC should be in the public domain ------> so all the application program should be in the public domain ----- > So, no one will spend the time and money to develop and OS / Application program ------ > So no one will make any money from OS / Application software What a logic is this ? Are you a communist ? While don't you ask your beloved Sun Microsystems to do this first , and they can still cry to Washingdon DC to make some money on its overly charged Hard Drive !!!!!!!!!